Head to head

Russia vs South Korea

If they played today

Russia at home
45% / 26% / 29%
Russia win / draw / South Korea win
Russia–South Korea
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.1%
  • 0–1 8.1%
  • 2–0 7.9%
Neutral venue
37% / 26% / 37%
Russia win / draw / South Korea win
Russia–South Korea
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%
South Korea at home
30% / 26% / 45%
Russia win / draw / South Korea win
Russia–South Korea
  • 1–1 12.2%
  • 0–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.1%
  • 1–0 8.2%
  • 0–2 7.8%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

 RussiaSouth Korea
Current Elo18451842
Elo rank31st34th
Peak Elo1970 (1983)1940 (1980)
Matches played7491010
All-time record385W 197D 167L539W 252D 219L
Goals for13011794
Goals against735917
Biggest win11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.730.19

When they've met

Meetings
3
Russia 2W 1D 0L
Goals
7–4
Russia first
First meeting
2–1
Russia won · 2013-11-19 · Friendly
Most recent
4–2
Russia won · 2017-10-07 · Friendly
Russia's biggest win
4–2
2017-10-07 · Friendly
South Korea's biggest win
Never beaten Russia
Current run
Unbeaten in 3
Russia · since 2013-11-19
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2017-10-074–2Russia homeFriendly
2014-06-171–1NeutralFIFA World Cup
2013-11-192–1NeutralFriendly